Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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i am getting a radeon ati x700 for my dell dimension 2400, will it work? how are the graphics? does it run fast? please tell me

  • 10.11.2005 4:21 AM PDT
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You can add pci cards. The best would be an nvidia 5700le.

  • 10.11.2005 8:31 AM PDT
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so a dell dimension 2400 will accept an nVidia 5700?

  • 10.11.2005 9:38 AM PDT
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Yes you will, I can play halo high textures high particles 640x480 on my pci card. Thats alot better than integrated.

  • 10.11.2005 12:05 PM PDT
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Too bad you didn't get the 4600. I have a radeon 9600, almost a gb of ram and it works very well.

Dell's are ok pc's but they are limited.

My next plan is to spend the same money, build my own pc, and have twice the grunt power.

Maybe I'll use the dell for a ded. server.

Peace.

  • 10.11.2005 12:19 PM PDT
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Dell Dimension's 8400 and above are pretty well set for upgrades.

  • 10.11.2005 4:10 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mr B
Is any PCI card worth it over integrated graphics?


yes, its frees up the memory portion that it uses on your ram, usually 32-64mb

imo, since you dont have a agp or pcie slots, I would get this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E1681416404 4

its still gonna be a louzy preformer, but at least its a bit better than integrated

  • 10.11.2005 5:44 PM PDT
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ok than whats a really cheap eMachines i could buy and put the ati in it? one that will run pretty fast and is good for halo pc/ce, half-life/2, doom/2/3, and the splinter cells

  • 10.12.2005 5:23 AM PDT
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i am willing to spend around $200-$300 for a comp. only b/c my friend gave me the card for free

any motherboards u would recommend? pref. below $150

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  • 10.12.2005 9:16 AM PDT
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I can't recommend a specific brand or type, but i can tell you what features to look for to prepare for the future:

*PCI-Express 16x slot
*Dual Channel DDR2 RAM compatability
*Dual-core 64-bit processor compatability
*SATA hard drive interface

  • 10.12.2005 3:43 PM PDT
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Heh, you dont want the dell proc. Its probably a celeron, and those are bad in comparasin to amd or pentium of similar price.

  • 10.12.2005 4:09 PM PDT
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thanx ill take a look

  • 10.14.2005 5:12 AM PDT